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Letter: Some managers resist telework
[Management] at top levels say they are for it, however, they deny it at almost every opportunity except at the highest levels -- GS-11 and above -- because the rules say it [requires] their approval.
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DISA's Croom to retire
Lt. Gen. Charles Croom, who sought to reinvent the agency’s procurement strategy, will leave a legacy of change.
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Letter: Telework programs need leaders with vision
Many are put in positions because they were next in line and/or with little or no management and leadership experience/education.
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Letter: Performance monitoring is critical for efficient government teleworking programs
In the private sector, if employees don't produce, they are canned. If the workforce doesn't produce, management gets canned or the company goes under. With feds there is no such accountability.
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Letter: What are some telework guidelines?
My agency is using the excuse of positions not being "appropriate" for teleworking.
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Letter: Outsourcing is not always better or cheaper
It is a fallacy to think if you throw in 100 cheap(er) workers who have no subject-matter expertise against a new or legacy redeployed business application, they will be remotely successful in its creation.
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Letter: Educating agency staff better than limiting award fees
The solution is to educate the agency staff on how to write an award fee determination plan, how to develop meaningful metrics, how to set performance standards and how to do the required monitoring.
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Lawmakers push telework as overall participation drops
Security concerns and lack of a uniform tracking system are to blame for telework participation drops, OPM says.
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Cyber Storm II gets started
Although DHS' weeklong cyber war game focuses on response, one official says the relationships formed will also benefit prevention and preparedness efforts.
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CORRECTION: Census still plans to fingerprint temp workers
An FCW report that the Census Bureau had asked OPM to waive background checks for 2010 Census counters was based on incorrect information. We apologize for the confusion.
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Letter: Managers use Lean Six Sigma to justify staff cuts
A reader says some organizations use the methodology to trim the workforce until there aren’t enough employees to do the work.
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Letter: Consolidation will provide efficiency in government
I am convinced that the savings through consolidation will count in the tens of billions annually. And we will have a much more effective government, too.
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Letter: Feds spend more time training than working
I swear that between training, conferences, meeting and their generous vacation, federal employees are present for their actual jobs about 50 percent of the year max.
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Partnership for Public Service creates leadership institute for innovation
The institute will teach midlevel career federal employees new approaches to basic supervisory and management responsibilities.
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FBI's IT raises red flags for Senate judiciary chairman
Sen. Patrick Leahy says he is concerned about the bureau's Next Generation Identification system because of IT problems the agency has had in the past.
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Letter: FISMA's focus should be information security
Here's an idea: Rewrite FISMA to require information security, not computer security compliance paperwork!
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Census reconsiders use of handheld computers
The bureau agency may develop a paper-based backup plan as GAO places the 2010 Census on a high-risk list.
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Letter: Source in Lean Six Sigma story has no experience
You should have used sources that knew what they were talking about because most of your facts and nomenclature are way off reality.
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